Improvement in rubber tips or feet for furniture-legs



c. F. STOCKSDALE, 1:. J. REAMER & M. HURLEY'. RUBBER-TIPS OR FOR FURNITURE-LEGS.

No.17Z,Z00. V Patented Jan. 11,1876.

WITNESSES 4 w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORNELIUS F. STOCKSDALE, HIRAM J. REAMER, AND MADISON M. DUBLEY, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUBBER TIPS OR FEET FOR FURNITURE-LEGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,200, dated January 11, 1876; application filed December 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern w Be it known that I, OoRNELrUs F. STooKs- DALE, HIRAM J. REAMER, and MADISON M. HURLEY, of New Albany, in the county of Floyd and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aRubber Attachment to the Feet of Chairs, Stools, Tables, Benches, and other Articles; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification. The nature of our invention consists in the construction and application of an elastic attachment to the bottoms of chairs, stools, benches, tables, and other articles, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a view of a leg with our invention applied. Fig. 2 represents a similar view with the bottom of the leg in section, showing the particular construction and mode of attachment.

A represents a leg of a chair, table, stool,

bench crutch, cane, or other article of similar The bottom of the leg is hollowed out nature. in the center a short distance, as seen in Fig. 2. B represents an india-rubber pad, which is of a size to correspond with the bottom of the leg, and rounded on its lower surface, and

is provided with a tenon, O, of such size as to lit in the orifice in the leg. The tenon being fitted in the orifice, a cross-pin, a, is passed through the leg. and tenon. D represents a metallic or other band, which is attached to the outside of the leg, and breaks the joint between the leg and the pad. The flange of the pad around the tenon may also be glued to the leg-bottom for additional security, if desired; but, ordinarily, the cross-pin and breakjoint band will firmly hold the two together. The pad thus applied'to a furniture-leg or other article prevents wear of carpeting, and is noiseless and elastic.

Having thus Fully described our invention, What we claim is-- The combination of the leg A, having an orifice in its end, therubber pad B, having tenon (J, the cross-pin a, and the break -joint band D, all constructed substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 30th day of November, 1875.

CORNELIUS F. STOCKSDALE. HIRAM J. REAMEB. MADISON M. HURLEY.

I Witnesses:

E. W. FAWOETT, O. H. FAWCETT. 

